Next Gen Finance

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Yolanda Courtines from Wellington Management and Emma Heikensten from SEB Investment Management about the relationship between finance and gender equality, and what financial institutions can do to facilitate gender diversity through their work. Emma Heikensten, in her role as senior researcher at Ownershift, also talks about the think tank's recent findings.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Björn Bergstrand from Sweden's Kommuninvest about their work to include social factors such as gender equality in lending considerations. She also interviews Camilla Löwenhielm and Hanna Holmberg who manage SEB's own microfinance funds, which invest in projects that help women in frontier markets.

Host Lina Apsheva first talks to Sarah Draper from Global Canopy about nature-related risks for finance. She then brings back SEB colleagues Anne Kästner and Jessica Mattsson to talk about new developments in the bank's Impact Metric Tool related to the same risks.

Host Lina Apsheva talks with sustainable finance specialist Gabriella Eriksson about sustainability-linked bonds and loans, also called performance-based financing. You get to learn how this type of financing works and what the main benefits and drawbacks are. Additionally, Lina reveals news of an important upgrade available to everyone.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Heike Reichelt, head of Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance at the World Bank. How does this global institution incorporate sustainability into raising and lending out money, and interacting with investors? Also, some reflections on the outcome of COP26.

Host Lina Apsheva talks to Isabelle Tibbelin and Per Georgzén, two of SEB's experts on sustainable finance for retail clients. They discuss the development of the market, what is available already now and what lies ahead in terms of new products and regulatory changes. It seems much is likely to happen.

Host Lina  Apsheva  is joined by Christa Clapp from Cicero and  Gregor  Vulturius  from SEB in a discussion about  IPCC 's  Sixth Assessment Report  and upcoming reports from the second and third working groups. The trio  dive into these reports and highlight  what the content  might mean for finance and business.  

Host Lina  Apsheva  talks to her SEB colleagues Anne  Kästner and Jessica Mattsson  about the Impact Metric Tool (IMT), which currently helps primarily large institutional investors assess the sustainability of their portfolios. The y  discuss the benefits of measuring, what lies ahead in developing the tool and  what  areas it can cover  going forward .  

In the first episode of SEB's new Next Generation Finance pod Lina Apsheva, sustainable finance analyst at the bank, talks to Christopher Flensborg. He is head of the Climate and Sustainable Finance unit at SEB and shares his experiences from the market that he helped shape with the introduction of green bonds.

Sustainable finance analyst Lina Apsheva is the host of SEB's Next Generation Finance pod. She talks to internal as well as external specialists to help you navigate the sustainable finance market. Lina and her guests talk about recent developments, the latest forecasts and deep dive into current topics.